Mop.



T. J. ELLIS.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED MA'Y28. I917- Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

mms'd'E'llzls" THOMAS J. ELLIS, OF LODA, ILLINOIS.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1917. Serial N0. 171,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs J. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loda, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its principal object to provide an extremely siinple and inexpensive, yet a highly efficient and durable mop having an improved means of fastening the mop cloth in place after the same has been engaged with the mop head and rolled into a compact pad beneath the latter.

A further object is to construct the head in a novel manner andto provide fastening means therefor which serves also as means for securing a cord which is wound around the mop cloth.

With the foregoing general objects in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved mop;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section on the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the head and the front end of the handle.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 has reference to a suitable handle whose front end is surrounded by a ferrule 2 which also passes around the straight shank 4 by means of which the loop shaped transverse mop head 5 is secured to the handle.

The head 5 is formed of a single piece of heavy wire, preferably galvanized, bent into the shape of an elongated loop extending transversely of the handle 1, one end of said wire terminating a suitable distance from the handle to provide a throat 6 through which the mop cloth 7 is inserted into the loop, whereas the other end of the wire is bent outwardly at right angles to form the shank 4, the rear end of the latter being bent inwardly at right angles to form a prong 8 which is either driven through the handle 1 or received in an opening formed transversely through said handle.

The two ends of the mop cloth 7 are stitched together or otherwise joined so that in order to position the front side bar of the head 5 between the two plies of said cloth, it is necessary to insert the latter into the loop through the head 6. The cloth is then rolled as shown clearly in Fig. 2 and the binding cord 9 is wound around the head and cloth to secure the latter in place, said cloth being positioned beneath the head so that it forms a mopping pad.

One end of the cord 9 is anchored to an eye 10 formed by striking a portion of the ferrule 2 outwardly as shown in Fig. 3, whereas the other end of said cord is adapted to be passed under a spring clip 11 and then received between a pair of pins or the like 12 which are driven in the handle 1, knots 13 being tied in the cord to prevent the same from sliding between said pins.

The ferrule 2 is formed of a single strip of metal bent into the form of a ring with one end of said strip overlapping the other and extending beyond the same to form the clip 11, a brad or the like 14 being driven Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

through the two ends and into the handle 1 for securing the ferrule in place. Preferably, though not necessarily, one side of the ferrule 2 is stamped outwardly at 15 to form an internal groove which receives the shank 4, whereby the latter is held against any pivotal action which mlght otherwise take place around the prong 8. By passing the ferrule around the shank 4, the latter is also prevented from possibly moving outwardly from the handle, even though the prong 8 may be received rather loosely in a bore formed in said handle.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be obvious that I have produced a device which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and marketed, yet the same will be highly efficient and durable regardless of its extreme simplicity. On account of the several advantages, the exact construction shown and described, constitutes the preferred form of the improved mop, but I wish it understood that within the scope of rearWardly and positioned along one side of the handle, a ferrule extending around said shank and handle, a cord anchored at one end and adapted to be Wound-around a mop cloth carried by the head, and a spring clip formed on said ferrule for holdingthe other end of said cord.

2. Amop comprising a handle, a head at the front end of said handle consisting of a rigid loop extending transversely thereof, an attaching shank extending rearwardly fro-m said loop along one side of the handle, a ferrule formed of a single strip of metal bent into the form of a ring with its ends overlapping, said ferrule surrounding the front end of the handle and said shank, a fastener passing through the overlapped ends of said metal strip and driven into the handle, the outer end of said strip extending beyond said fastener and forming a spring "clip, and a cord anchored at one end and adapted to be Wound around a mop cloth carried by said head, said spring clip serving as an anchor for the other end of said cord.

In testimony whereof I havelhereunto set myhand in the-presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS .inLms.

Copies of this patent may 'be obtained fior ,fiveeents each Jay addressing the Commissioner 'offPate'n'ts. Washington, 11.0. 

